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The AFI Top 100 Films -- And The Top Ten Movies Filmed in Colorado

Kitchen Magician

Someone's in the cocina with Jason.

Best Independent Video Store -- Avant-Garde

Video Station

The Clan

What do Scots have in common with Mexicans?

Shoot 'Em Up

This film proves that its star could have been a killer Bond.

All Aboard!

Old pufferbellies stay on track at the Narrow Gauge Railfest.

Cake or Death

Eddie Izzard takes the Paramount Theatre stage.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

Franchise Player

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

Casino Royale

The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy -- and comes up aces.

Doll Parts

Kristine Hipps brings a wild new parody to the Bug.

Cage Death Match

National Treasure makes one long for good Nic Cage movies . . .like Con Air.

Tears of a Clown

The ups and downs of being Blinky

Think Distinct

This summer's movies could withstand the drought.

Wiz Quiz

Test your Harry Potter knowledge with this quiz.

Nobody Does It Better

Blending free jazz with film lore, Sex Mob reworks old James Bond soundtracks for a sound that's shaken and stirred.

Lipstick Traces

Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved, and is that so wrong?

Good Will Hunting 2: The Revenge

Finding Forrester tries to get it right.

Birth of the Cool

The World Is Not Enough

Power Points

The World Is Not Enough

In His Life

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Love for Sale

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

A Star Is Borin'

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

007 by the Numbers

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Smack Into Reality

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Bursting With Good Actors

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Thy Humble Serpent

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Courting Disaster

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

LACK OF DEPTH

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

A TRUE CRIME

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

POOR UNCLE ALBERT

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

THE UGLY BRITON

Beatles producer George Martin tries to pass along the wisdom of the ages.

Irvin Kershner's ten best films: RoboCop2 and Star Wars among them

Image via towerofyouth.orgIrv Kershner​Rest in peace, Irvin Kershner, you director of RoboCop 2 and some film called The Empire Strikes Back. Born in 1923, he died over the weekend at the age of 87 and left behind an oeuvre of great filmmaking -- including no small number of sequels. So it ma ... More >>

ThunderCats's new look: Why so serious, Lion-O?

​Once upon a time, cartoons were silly. Consider the original Batman series of the 1960s, a show so jokey it had villains named both The Laugher and The Giggler and starred a not-exactly-ripped-but-still-wearing-spandex Adam West playing the world's most block-headed straight man -- even Tim B ... More >>

Top 10 list of Colorado movies a ten-cent ticket fee didn't subsidize

"The Searchers."​The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>

Alfred Hitchcock's rape scene: What's the message?

​Tonight, The Denver Public Library's Rare and Rarely Seen Hitchcock series comes to a close with a screening of Marnie. One of the director's final films, the movie deals with a psychologically damaged union between characters played by Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren. Their strange marriage r ... More >>

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Five great actors that phoned in iconic roles for terrible sequels

This is the smug grin you make when you no longer give a shit.​Johnny Depp gotta eat. And pay his mortgage. And Disney pays very well. Maybe that explains why he looks so thoroughly bored in the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, opening tomorrow. Captain Jack Sparrow was endeari ... More >>

Ten movies you'll watch no matter how many times you've seen them before

​For my dad, it's Some Like it Hot. For me, it's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. They're catnip movies: the films you'll watch when they come on TV no matter how many times you've seen them before. Commercials? Yes. Edited scenes? Yes. I don't care. Hand me a bowl of popcorn and keep the remot ... More >>

Reader: "'Any" Connery Bond? Even 'Never Say Never Again?'"

​There are some movies you'll watch on TV no matter how many times you've seen them before. Yesterday, I called these "catnip movies" and unloaded my list of flicks that grab my attention and keep it, commercials and all. Among the movies on my list were Westerns with Clint Eastwood, either G ... More >>

Transformers 3: we brought this upon ourselves

This time around, he even impressed himself.​Earlier this year, we postulated that Michael Bay's entire career has been about punishing the audience for their awful taste -- namely, their taste for his work. He's tried racism, homophobia, assaultive cinematography and editing techniques, objec ... More >>

On the 22nd anniversary of License to Kill, here's to you, Timothy Dalton

​The '80s were not a kind time to James Bond. Always an actor-driven franchise, it rolled into the decade in the waning years of Roger Moore, who would from The Spy Who Loved Me on through Octopussy and A View to Kill, his last entry, see declining profitability in the franchise as people lost ... More >>

Review: Pretty Lights at the Fillmore, 8/12/11

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Smith​PRETTY LIGHTS at the FILLMORE | 8/12/11Pretty Lights Music is more than just a label now. It's more than a producer. It's more than Derek Vincent Smith. It's huge. Backed by a solid team of producers and talented deejays, the audience last night at the sold-out F ... More >>

For these married Denver detectives, truth is more fun than fiction

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Smith​PRETTY LIGHTS at the FILLMORE | 8/12/11Pretty Lights Music is more than just a label now. It's more than a producer. It's more than Derek Vincent Smith. It's huge. Backed by a solid team of producers and talented deejays, the audience last night at the sold-out F ... More >>

Bond, James Bond

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Smith​PRETTY LIGHTS at the FILLMORE | 8/12/11Pretty Lights Music is more than just a label now. It's more than a producer. It's more than Derek Vincent Smith. It's huge. Backed by a solid team of producers and talented deejays, the audience last night at the sold-out F ... More >>

Vodka: a shaken, but not stirred, history of the spirit on screen

​Vodka's rise to popularity wasn't just a matter of taste. As outlined in "Clear Thinking," this week's cover story, brilliant marketing also had a lot to do with the spirit's growth. And that marketing included placements in both movies and television shows -- sometimes purchased, sometimes j ... More >>

Arron Afflalo winds up on Stiffs list after Nuggets' awful loss to Hornets

Arron Afflalo.​Denver blog posts want to have your baby. On his latest "Stiffs List," Denver Stiffs' Nate includes Arron Afflalo and plenty of others. Ooof. Colorado Pols: Sal Pace's well-funded Scott Tipton challenge. Denver Egotist shares an alleged letter from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs ... More >>